<i>In-laws make hapless Heera's life miserable</i>
Dowry victim's relatives allege
Heera Kar
A young girl underwent untold physical and mental torture by her in-laws for dowry, alleged the victim's relatives. On March 30 last year, Heera Kar, 22, younger daughter of Asit Kar of Borogurgola village in Dinajpur town, also an honours first year student of Dinajpur Government College, married Subash Das, son of Shefali Das of Golapganj village under Birganj upazila of Dinajpur. But Heera's in-laws demanded dowry of Tk 5 lakh as condition to lead their conjugal life, Heera's sister Panna Rani Das and her husband Tapan Kumar Das said at a press conference at Dinajpur Press Club on Monday. “Heera and Subash got married without consent of their families. However, they maintained religious and legal formalities. After the marriage, Heera with her husband went to his house, but her mother-in-law and other in-laws created pressure upon her parents to pay the said amount as dowry to accept their marriage,” Tapan said. “Shortly after the marriage, Subash went missing while Heera remained at her in-laws' house. We suspect that his parents forced him to keep away from Heera,” he added. “Nine months after marriage, my sister is still struggling to have her rights at the in-laws' family. She phoned us almost every day to give the demanded dowry. Perhaps she is tortured regularly. Subash's parents verbally abuse my parents whenever they inquire about her,” Panna Rani Das said at the Press conference. Family members of Subash are now giving threat of 'dire consequences' if their demand for dowry is not met immediately, alleged Heera's relatives. Family members of Subash also filed a harassment case with a Dinajpur court in last December to force Heera's family to give the demanded money, they said.
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